are the "certified" modules any better except for the heatsink? is the heat dissipation any better?

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That is the claim. I don't think there has been any independent testing. The qualified modules have the same heatsink as the stock Apple modules. I see no reason to get any better than what Apple is comfortable giving.

If the prices were more reasonable on the lower end, like 8GB I would entertain it. But $150 for the 4x2GB is a bit much for my taste.

These so far are the best prices for ram, transcend had the better prices for ac pro memory on newegg.com but those modules were for the last version. pricing at 75 bucks for every 2gig stick. but other world computering has a great reputation so i'd say that they are the best choice... im already getting ready to buy some, and my mp pretty soon as well. im happy to have stumbled upon OWC's mac pro memory since most companies don't provide these yet. this is great! just made my day!

IMO if you are spending that much money on a Mac Pro, you may as well have Apple RAM in it. It just seems better to me to have Apple RAM and have Apple install it for you. I wouldn't mind if I don't use Apple RAM for any other Mac though.

IMO if you are spending that much money on a Mac Pro, you may as well have Apple RAM in it. It just seems better to me to have Apple RAM and have Apple install it for you. I wouldn't mind if I don't use Apple RAM for any other Mac though.

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Hopefully this is a joke. But congratulations on being wealthy enough that you can throw money out the window. Seriously, luxuries are nice. Just don't expect people in this forum to agree with your position.

Hopefully this is a joke. But congratulations on being wealthy enough that you can throw money out the window. Seriously, luxuries are nice. Just don't expect people in this forum to agree with your position.

Wow. Those prices are incredible!
I've ordered from OWC before and am very pleased with their service. I bought their Ram for my Mac Pro and never had a problem with it. To suggest shelling out the exorbitant prices Apple are charging for their Ram is ludicrous.

Now we really need to get developers to start putting out 64Bit versions of their software. Adobe, et al. are really dragging their feet on this (yes I know it can be a lot of work).

i have to stop for a second and just wonder what the heck mward does for work that requires a computer setup like that?!?!?! that... is purely and ultimatly the most beuatiful setup i have ever heard of... *sniff* although... i didn't think abut that whole get 2 MP's for the price yu save on ram... i like that idea actually... it makes me ponder what to do with an extra two of them?

i have to stop for a second and just wonder what the heck mward does for work that requires a computer setup like that?!?!?! that... is purely and ultimatly the most beuatiful setup i have ever heard of... *sniff* although... i didn't think abut that whole get 2 MP's for the price yu save on ram... i like that idea actually... it makes me ponder what to do with an extra two of them?

any suggestions?

-quiksilvr

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Why they're a professor.

I wouldn't ever buy Apple RAM or their hard drives if you can upgrade them.

i have to stop for a second and just wonder what the heck mward does for work that requires a computer setup like that?!?!?! that... is purely and ultimatly the most beuatiful setup i have ever heard of... *sniff*

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Eidorian is correct--I'm a statistics professor, and I do a lot of computation with my Mac Pro! I usually do computations with Maple programs or C++ programs that I write, although lately I've been doing more and more pattern matching research, so I am getting very familiar with using Perl.

I agree that it is always less expensive to buy 3rd party RAM and hard drives. I also do my own upgrades. I think that's pretty standard for folks on Macrumors. We all like to save money.

As you can guess from my username, I'm a prof too - at University of Colorado. I'm in psychology (behavioral genetics) but do a lot of programming in R for genetics work. My new MacPro (3.0) is on the way, but will add 16 GB RAM (in 4GB modules) from OWC I think - still following the info on this board. If you know R, then you know that if you work with large datasets, you need as much RAM as possible. Anyone else out there use R???

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